Brighton & Hove Trade Council, Trade Unions and local campaigning organisations will demonstrate this Saturday, January 30 to raise awareness of the depth of the cuts to local government and build opposition to them.
Cuts to local council funding by the government means essential services are under severe threat with unprecedented cuts to Council services on the cards in Brighton and Hove. Hundreds of jobs are under threat, and by 2020, thousands will have gone.
Across Brighton and East Sussex this could mean, libraries, day care centres for the disabled and special schools closing; special educational needs teachers being cut, end of the housing support service, reductions in sexual health services, youth services and drug rehabilitation services being cut and children’s centres closing.
Councillor Warren Morgan, Leader of Labour on Brighton & Hove City Council, said: “We are losing a third or more of our funding for local services, all of the grant from government, over the coming three years. At the same time the costs of providing social care services are increasing rapidly. With over £140 million taken out of the council’s budget by the Conservatives, we will not be able to afford to pay for the same level of services we do currently and still set a legal budget. We are working hard to keep redundancies to a minimum, find different ways of delivering services, raise income from other sources, and find innovative solutions to the extremely difficult financial situation that we and most other councils are facing. It is the job of unions to represent their members, but they need to join with me in taking the fight to Government, not the town hall. I have and will continue to make the case to Government ministers for the funding our services need.”
The demonstration will starts from the Level, Union Road at midday and march to Brighton Town Hall.
A similar demonstration will take place in Eastbourne. Meet at 11am, Bankers Corner, Terminus Road.
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